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Author Topic: QUBE QCPD are no longer DCI compliant Juan Jose Garcia Calvo Film Handler Posts: 64 From: Pedrajas de San Esteban, Spain Registered: May 2003 posted 01-19-2017 06:49 AM                     Hello. Anyone heard something about the Qube QCPD server? It seems that they are no longer DCI compliant... Our Datasat DC20 is in fact a QUBE QCPD, so we are very worried. This could be a new problem added to the certificates issue...  |  IP: Logged Antti Peltorant Film Handler Posts: 1 From: Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Registered: Oct 2016 posted 01-19-2017 08:28 AM                     Hello We have Datasat DC20. I've sent you a message. I'm hoping to get more information from the support.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 01-19-2017 01:04 PM                     Does a DCI certification expire over time?  |  IP: Logged Leslie Hartmier Expert Film Handler Posts: 100 From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Registered: Jul 2012 posted 01-19-2017 05:06 PM                     Yes. If I recall correctly, there is a time limit on all DCI certs. This is relevant, only if the company that makes the device does not provide new certs. I will mention, and hopefully Gordon or Steve can chime in, I recall hearing at CinemaCon last year that the Qube certificates were expiring and not being renewed. I might be thinking of something else, however. The following thread kinda says some unfortunate things that might apply to you... Qube/Datasat DC20 thread in Film-Tech from last year Leslie  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 01-19-2017 06:01 PM                     I thought that the certification was different from the certificates?  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 01-19-2017 08:33 PM                     Are you sure these servers have actually been DCI compliant EVER? A lot of equipment has not been DCI certified. Some have been certified later on. As long as the server is not under VPF compliance regulations, and as long as it will play encrypted content, I wouldn't care about it being DCI compliant or not. Those certificates running out would really bother me. Would be the last Qube server I'd spent money on. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Annli Com Expert Film Handler Posts: 140 From: ShibuPaul-India Registered: May 2014 posted 01-19-2017 09:21 PM                        Dear Sir Europe Customer care: +44 2076177278 US Customer care: +1 818 748 9057 Australia Customer care: +61 3 9018 5356 Hongkong Customer care: +852 8199 0249 Skype contact id – qubecs1 e-mail id: Support@qubecinema.com 24 x 7 Digital Cinema Support Centre (India) +91 (044) 43488850  |  IP: Logged Juan Jose Garcia Calvo Film Handler Posts: 64 From: Pedrajas de San Esteban, Spain Registered: May 2003 posted 01-20-2017 04:31 AM                     Annli Com: Are you from any QUBE customer care service?  |  IP: Logged Annli Com Expert Film Handler Posts: 140 From: ShibuPaul-India Registered: May 2014 posted 01-20-2017 08:13 AM                        No, But Iam a User Of Qube.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-20-2017 11:22 AM                     I looked at their web site just now not having been there in a long time. It appears they do not have any DCI compliant equipment at all, having discontinued the XP-D. It appears their new IMB is not even DCI Compliant, at least no mention is made that it is. They seem to be after the E-Cinema market these days, rather than D-Cinema. If you have their equipment or the DTS version... I feel for you... Mark  |  IP: Logged Juan Jose Garcia Calvo Film Handler Posts: 64 From: Pedrajas de San Esteban, Spain Registered: May 2003 posted 01-20-2017 11:36 AM                     IN the DCI CINEMA website , it appears that QUBE have two server DCI compliant: ◾Qube Digital Cinema Server XP-D, Oristar AQ10 ◾Qube Xi 4K Integrated Media Block You can see at: DIGITAL CINEMA INICIATIVES  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-20-2017 12:04 PM                     They discontinued manufacturing the XP-D. And on the page for their IMB is doesn't say anything about it being DCI, although it does say DCI on the XP-D page. At any rate I'd certainly be very suspicious of buying anything from them since no one seems to be able to get any direct answers out of them. Stick with GDC or Doremi if you have to buy new. Mark  |  IP: Logged Harold Hallikainen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 906 From: Denver, CO, USA Registered: Aug 2009 posted 01-20-2017 03:08 PM                        You can check DCI certification at http://www.dcimovies.com/compliant_equipment/ . Harold  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 01-20-2017 07:06 PM                     I may be wrong, but I think Qube never had more than the XP-D and the 4k-IMB for D-Cinema/DCI. I think the DC20 is actually an XP-D, too. So there was never a 'QCPD' on the DCI list of compliant devices. I don't know how far testing with SMPTE DCPs went on with the Qubes, so, expiration of certificates may be only one of your future problems. It looks indeed as if Qube is not interested in competing within the DCI server market anymore. They have huge numbers in the E-Cinema market and may find this more profitable, together with their mastering and distribution tools. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Juan Jose Garcia Calvo Film Handler Posts: 64 From: Pedrajas de San Esteban, Spain Registered: May 2003 posted 01-23-2017 06:31 AM                     You're right, Carsten. Now I know that there was no QCPD model, only an old QXPD server and a new QXPD server. This new model can be upgraded to 3.0 versions that are the DCI compliant, but the old QXPD can't, because they can't accept the needed Windows Embedded Estándar 7. (before, they used Windows XP embedded). As far as I know, I think our DC20 are equivalent to the NEW QXPD (I think they call V5 chassis), so maybe we can have a chance to update our DC20 to qube 3.0 software, and this way the DCI compliant and the certificates issues will be solved until 2036 year.  |  IP: Logged

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